Hands-On Learning

Economic Consulting

The Economic Consulting class is designed to teach students skills used by professional economic consultants. Students perform an economic analysis for a real client, using real data provided by the client. Particular skills emphasized and strengthened in the course include work planning, data visualization, business writing and professional presentation.

Economics of Education

With the Economics of Education class, students have the option to participate in a program as volunteers at a charter school in Hamilton that serves mostly disadvantaged children. They attend an orientation and then volunteer once a week as tutors for the school; the project culminates in a class presentation that connects students’ personal experience to the academic literature.

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Department Opportunities

The department offers numerous opportunities to gain professional experience in the economics field. The writing of Honors papers allows students to gain real academic experience by researching, producing and then presenting professional, scholarly written work to a faculty and student audience. In addition, Economics graduate students have the opportunity to conduct research within the community at large and add to the general economics discourse.

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Focus Areas

Focus Areas

Connect with FSB

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FSB National Recognition

FSB National Recognition

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Number 6 Public School

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AACSB Accredited

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Master of Economics

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Number 6 Public School

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Department of Economics

Department of Economics

Economics provides a unified framework to think about choices, their consequences and the ability of policy makers to change outcomes. Although our major provides specific skills in certain areas, such as econometrics, the key piece of intellectual capital acquired by our majors is a well-honed skill for critical thinking, especially with regard to problems that involve data and quantitative methods.